Wait... Dalton wasn't the villain? But he killed that nice man and threw those people out of their own town just so someone else could make money off of a business. Dalton was a socialist, and socialists are bad, mm'kay?!

Kelly Lynch:"By the way, speaking of Bill Murray, every time "Road House" is on and he or one of his idiot brothers are watching TV- and they're always watching TV - one of them calls my husband and says [In a reasonable approximation of Carl Spackler (Murray's character in "Caddyshack")], 'Kelly's having sex with Patrick Swayze right now. They're doing it. He's throwing her against the rocks,'" Lynch said in an interview with AVClub.com"

My thoughts, before Hot Fuzz: "Oh, Dalton's a fun actor. He made a good James Bond, and it's always nifty seeing him crop up here and there."

My thoughts, after Hot Fuzz: "DALTON'S THE BEST ACTOR ALIVE PLEASE SURROUND HIM WITH AN AVALANCHE OF OSCARS"

INeedAName:Wait... Dalton wasn't the villain? But he killed that nice man and threw those people out of their own town just so someone else could make money off of a business. Dalton was a socialist, and socialists are bad, mm'kay?!

Heh, you know, oddly enough, I've seen this mode of thought around here before.

I remember one TotalFarker in the past saying that Road House amounts to thinly-veiled communist propaganda.

I'd love to have some socioeconomic theorists and analysts take a look at this movie and have a long discussion about it.

Kelly Lynch:"By the way, speaking of Bill Murray, every time "Road House" is on and he or one of his idiot brothers are watching TV- and they're always watching TV - one of them calls my husband and says [In a reasonable approximation of Carl Spackler (Murray's character in "Caddyshack")], 'Kelly's having sex with Patrick Swayze right now. They're doing it. He's throwing her against the rocks,'" Lynch said in an interview with AVClub.com"

BFM

You have no idea how this revelation made my day when I learned about it.

I've said it elsewhere and often: Timothy Dalton took a lot of crap for the same stuff we're praising Daniel Craig for. His Bond was ahead of his time (which made for a hell of a contrast after the jokier, campier Moore years).

So sick of '80s nostalgia. The '80s are OVER, and they weren't that great to begin with. Why are you aging Gen X'ers always shoving this crap down our throats? You're as bad as the generation before you.

Sorry for the harsh words. I just do. not. get. it. This Joel Silver...stuff...What's the appeal? And I was reading just yesterday that he's producing a new movie with Sean Penn. I mean, he's still in the business! I just...Why?? You guys HAVE to know this stuff is bad. It's just so...ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, there's always a place for ridiculous movies, but the amount of love this stuff gets...It's almost like you think it's GOOD. I mean, MST3K's Mike Nelson called it "the single finest American film" (Link). So what's the difference between a movie like this and, say, Batman & Robin? Why are there no B&R cultists? (Or is that coming 10 years from now? I shudder to think about it.)

Sorry for the harsh words. I just do. not. get. it. This Joel Silver...stuff...What's the appeal? And I was reading just yesterday that he's producing a new movie with Sean Penn. I mean, he's still in the business! I just...Why?? You guys HAVE to know this stuff is bad. It's just so...ridiculous. Don't get me wrong, there's always a place for ridiculous movies, but the amount of love this stuff gets...It's almost like you think it's GOOD. I mean, MST3K's Mike Nelson called it "the single finest American film" (Link). So what's the difference between a movie like this and, say, Batman & Robin? Why are there no B&R cultists? (Or is that coming 10 years from now? I shudder to think about it.)

"Road House is the kind of movie that leaves reality so far behind that you have to accept it on its own terms."

Also, Albert from The Agony Booth has this gem of a paragraph, which I referenced earlier:

"What makes Road House such a great movie? The answer is easy: It's quite simply the most implausible film ever made. This is a movie that expects you to believe a man can be famous the world over for being a bouncer. This is a movie that wants you to believe a small-town crime lord can afford a Bigfoot 4x4 monster truck, and that he will actually use it to intimidate local businesses. This is a movie that wants you to believe it's possible to rip a man's throat out with your bare hands. Compared to Road House, Star Wars is a documentary."

Wait, did you already know about The Agony Booth? If so, that is just so awesome. I thought I was one of 10 people left that knew about that site. At its peak, it was one of the best written bad movie review sites out there. It's really fallen apart the last few years, though. No more written reviews, only video reviews, which saddens me. I'd much rather suffer through amateur writing than amateur performing. I tried a few of their videos, and some of those guys just don't have any screen charisma. (OK, so I only tried one guy, but he was bad enough to turn me off to the rest.)

B.L.Z. Bub:Wait, did you already know about The Agony Booth? If so, that is just so awesome. I thought I was one of 10 people left that knew about that site. At its peak, it was one of the best written bad movie review sites out there. It's really fallen apart the last few years, though. No more written reviews, only video reviews, which saddens me. I'd much rather suffer through amateur writing than amateur performing. I tried a few of their videos, and some of those guys just don't have any screen charisma. (OK, so I only tried one guy, but he was bad enough to turn me off to the rest.)

Oh, the Agony Booth is all sorts of awesome!

Their recaps are really detailed and dead-on.

And yeah, like yourself, I'm a purist. I'm a written review kinda guy.

They are all three American cinematic masterpieces, don't get me wrong.

oh hells yeah. just replay the 3 all weekend long, have pizza and beer delivered, just leave teh money on the porch. ---if girlfriend stops by keep telling her Ghost and Dirty Dancing are also on teh TiVo, probably playing next.

B.L.Z. Bub:...It's almost like you think it's GOOD. I mean, MST3K's Mike Nelson called it "the single finest American film" (Link). So what's the difference between a movie like this and, say, Batman & Robin? Why are there no B&R cultists? (Or is that coming 10 years from now? I shudder to think about it.)

The difference between Roadhouse and Batman and Robin is that the people who made Roadhouse knew they were making a fundamentally stupid movie while they were making it, whereas the people making Batman and Robin didn't realize their movie was stupid until after they released it.

Toshiro Mifune's Letter Opener:"What makes Road House such a great movie? The answer is easy: It's quite simply the most implausible film ever made. This is a movie that expects you to believe a man can be famous the world over for being a bouncer. This is a movie that wants you to believe a small-town crime lord can afford a Bigfoot 4x4 monster truck, and that he will actually use it to intimidate local businesses. This is a movie that wants you to believe it's possible to rip a man's throat out with your bare hands. Compared to Road House, Star Wars is a documentary."

And it plays it straight the whole time. No hip irony or winking at the audience because there's no joke to be in on.